MagyarPolany, Veszprém, Hungary
Veszprém County is a favourable destination of
foreign, especially German and Transylvanian Hungarian settlers. National
minorities (Germans, Slovakians and Croats) also find their place. They
preserve their traditions, which are provided by different levels of minority
education in several settlements.
MagyarPolany lies in an area called Bakony Hills.
Magyarpolány is a settlement with 1255 inhabitants
in the beautiful environment of Bakony Mountains, 2 kms from the Ajka junction
of Highway 8 crossing Veszprém County.
The old village structure includes fourty folk architecture
houses, for the preservation and reconstruction of which the village received
Europa Nostra Award in 1993.
An outstanding sight in the middle of the village is Kálvária
Hill with its stations and a chapel on the top. You will see very impressive
works of art if you undertake to climb the 152 stairs. An even more impressive
sight is the temple built in the style of Louis XVI in 1761 in honour of
King Saint Ladislaus.
The other attraction of the village is the steep Calvary
hill
with its Neogothic chapel and stations of the cross.
Hosszú Hill of Polány, with its 394m peak,
shields the village and gives place to grape and wine production. The nature,
the sights, and the advanced infrastructure of the village can provide
all that tranquility the tourists coming here may need.
Close to the main road, the rustic row of houses in Magyarpolány
has been deliberately preserved as a popular memorial.
A magnificent ruin of the Gothic style Csesznek Castle,
found at the meeting point of routes through the Bakony
hills.
